VANCOUVER, British Columbia – When the Portland Timbers come to Vancouver, the streets around BC Place are sprinkled with green and gold. The colors adorn the scarves of couples walking northwest down Robson Street, a main thoroughfare of the city’s West End, and the jackets of groups who’ve claimed space in the road’s adjacent cafes and bars. Be it once a year or more, the ritual trip is a highlight for the Timbers Army’s traveling corps, with a puddled dampness of this October’s afternoon visit doing little to diminish fans’ getaway feel.
This one never didn’t feel like a normal trip, perhaps because everything seemed so settled.